Recent stories:
• Economic problems in southern Vermont - lack of jobs, etc.
• Opposition to Justice Center in Bellows Falls.
• Opposition to gas plant in Vernon.
• Opposition to wind power plant.
Gee, can there be a connection here?
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
The Commons has released mapped bus routes for the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union schools for the upcoming academic year using sharable Google Maps. The data was provided by bus contractor F. M. Kuzmeskus Inc. Brattleboro routes • B-1 morning elementary • B-1 morning middle/high • B-1 afternoon elementary • B-1 afternoon middle/high • B-2 morning elementary • B-2 morning middle/high • B-2 afternoon elementary/middle/high • B-3 morning elementary • B-3 afternoon elementary • B-3 afternoon middle/high • B-4 morning elementary...
MARLBORO-On Saturday, Aug, 17, from 7 to 9 p.m., all are invited to put on their dancing shoes and enjoy live music under the stars at the Marlboro Community Center (MCC). This summer concert features local jazz quartet The Woodpeckers. The Woodpeckers play early swing of 1910 to 1930. "In a highly improvisatory, good-humored, spontaneous, danceable, conversational and interactive style," say organizers in a news release, "they interpret the exhilarating music of that time, when jazz was being born and...
BRATTLEBORO-The cronyism shown by the town of Brattleboro in the face of Kurt Daims's noble effort to house the homeless is disgusting and available for all to see. Shame on hypocrites to claim to be patriotic, law-abiding citizens who in reality stab their neighbor in the back. Shame on the town for pretending there is no housing crisis in Brattleboro, as if that were by definition different from a crisis of homelessness. The state of Vermont has more homeless people...
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